Anime Comic News

Anime expert Helen McCarthy has written a new book about, as stated in the title, 500 essential anime movies. Her well-researched articles are aside to be an enjoyable read, but will stand up to academic uses as well.
The book’s out now in the UK and will be out in the US in a few weeks. [...]

The latest issue of high-falutin’ academic journal Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal included not one, not two, but three separate anime-related scholarly papers. Imagine that, those university types. Hopefully this is a sign that intellectuals can start taking anime as seriously as an other type of film making.
The published papers include “Star-Spangled Ghibli: Star Voices in [...]